Does anyone know if one of the new baja's has even sold yet. I am considering buying an 09 30 outlaw, but the price is so high. I will probably have to look at a few other boats.

There are other boats at similar prices that are better names and quality available for the price of the new Baja's Reggie builds.

All of the pricing you are seeing now is MSRP. I bought a 2009 Baja 30 from Founatin and it will be completed within a week or so. I have to say, I know what they cost then and now, and for the chages in structure, cabins, testing, cost associated with the new ownership, etc, it is not out of line. Mine will be loaded to the gills, HO's, full color hull sides, custom Heritage triple axle trailer with big chrome wheels etc.

What brands? Checkmate? Similar construction, look and components, but much smaller in foot for foot size (cockpit, freeboard, beam, cabin room). Sunsation, also no where near the cockpit room, beam or cabin space, and considerably higher priced. (I have seen their pricing) Donzi? Still going to wrong way in pricing. (I have seen their pricing as well)

I don't mean to be rude at all, but what else will compare foot for foot, dollar for dollar? I am curious! Not to meantion that in the midwest, Baja is the prefered brand, no matter where or who builds it!

I have a list of people who are extremely excited to come see/ride in the new Baja's and have a couple of trade deals ready to rock when the product arrives.

Just my honest opinion! Don't mean to step on toes.

Brett
Premier Boating Center

What are the new 30's going for??? Just wondering and I'm not talking about MSRP

From what i've heard, somewhere in the 150 range for a well equiped ho boat.

I just realized Reggie is more than likely conserving his cash for the "Cat Killer" trying to figure out a way to beat Ginos Mercedes MTI. Maybe Reggie could earn some extra money selling these special edition "Cat Killer" t-shirts!

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/a...irt-edited.jpg

Cat killer is a bad arse V for sure! However, Reggie made the statment that it was the fastest boat out there and it did not take long to find out otherwise!

PM me for my asking price.

Kachina Power Boats
 

Hey Guys, No doubt Reggie builds a nice boat but I do have to argue with the best value foot for foot statement. I know there has been one disgruntled customer bad mouthing us on here but all I can say is dont believe everything you here. We have been building boats since 1963 so I guess one upset customer in 45 years isnt too bad! Anyway, thats not what I am on here for. I know all of you have noticed that one of our 34' Drones has won his division 3 years in a row now at LOTO. Guess you can say thats not just luck. We have a 10 year hull warranty on all of our boats and they all handle and ride like a dream. Dollar for dollar no one can compete guaranteed! Our new 39' Patron is equipped with Twin / Staggered 525's with ITS and all the goodies. Has over 6' of headroom in the cabin and is fully loaded for only $259,990! I personally guarantee that no one can match that and we also have full carbon fiber and kevlar options available for all of the racers! All i am saying is check it out for yourself!

From most recently released Boat Trader search data for the week of 23 May 2008,
as reported on Sounding's Trade Only
(http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/index....hives/445322):

Top powerboats searched when length 20-30 ft.

1. Sea Ray 33,348 6. Grady-White 8,396
2. Bayliner 12,702 7. Chaparral 7,932
3. Baja 10,578 8. Ranger 7,604
4. Crownline 8,920 9. Cobalt 6,703
5. Wellcraft 8,481 10. Mako 6,660


Top powerboats searched when length 30-40 ft.

1. Sea Ray 11,998 6. Bayliner 2,118
2. Fountain 4,000 7. Baja 1,923
3. Formula 3,175 8. Contender 1,892
4. Carver 2,539 9. Silverton 1,774
5. Wellcraft 2,427 10. Donzi 1,431


Top powerboats searched when length 40-50 ft.

1. Sea Ray 3,258 6. Formula 408
2. Carver 627 7. Silverton 343
3. Chris-Craft 477 8. Gibson 328
4. Fountain 456 9. Hatteras 325
5. Viking 414 10. Mainship 301

Note that Baja is the only performance boat in the top 10 in the 20-30 foot range.

In the 30-40 foot range, its Fountain, then Formula, then Baja, then Donzi: so the combination of the Fountain and Baja brands is impressive.

In the 40-50 range, Fountain is the only performance boat in the top 10.

Therefore, its clear that Fountain and Baja have very impressive top-of-mind awareness in the boat buying public. When people want to buy a performance boat, they think a lot about buying a Fountain and/or Baja.

That is a very good indicator of latent demand. Sure, the market is a disaster right now. But the market will come back -- we are not about to stop boating, or dreaming about boats, or wanting to buy boats.

Its just that face it: boats are not a necessity, so we all stop buying and spending on boats when things looks dicey -- and the economy is a disaster right now. It will take awhile to get things stabilized to the point that people will feel good about spending tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars on something they can easily put off for a year or three.